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Wall Modeling for Turbulent Flow over Complex Roughness
(2018-08)Turbulent flow over complex rough surfaces is crucial in both engineering and boundary layer meteorology science. The surface morphology has significant effects on the flow, but it is computationally expensive to solve ... -
Water-Responsive Liquid Crystal Polymers for Biological Applications
(2019-07-16)Materials which change shape in response to stimuli can perform work as artificial muscles, dynamic medical device coatings, and inducible drug delivery vehicles. Traditional actuators are unsuitable for applications in ... -
Wavelet Analysis of Big Data Contaminated by Large Noise in an fMRI Study of Neuroplasticity
(2018-08)Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) allows researchers to analyze brain activity on a voxel level, but using this ability is complicated by dealing with Big Data and large noise. A traditional remedy is averaging ... -
Weak Gravitational Lensing Shear and Magnification Analysis of Hydrodynamic Simulations and Application to Weak Lensing Data
(2019-08)In the main part of this dissertation we study the impact of baryonic processes and massive neutrinos on weak lensing peak statistics that can be used to constrain cosmological parameters. We use the BAHAMAS simulations, ... -
What Drives Online Citizen Journalism in Malaysia? A Reasoned Action Model Approach
(2017-12)Citizen journalism is a global phenomenon that manifests in a variety of ways, depending on the political environment and extent of media freedoms. In Malaysia, it appears that citizen journalism has, over the past twenty ... -
What Influences Cyberbullying: A Test of General Strain Theory
(2016-12)A great deal of research has evaluated the negative consequences of bullying victimization across traditional and online forms of bullying. However relatively little research has evaluated the potential causes for these ... -
Wide Temperature Performing Electrolytes and Cost-Effective Carbon Nanofiber Electrodes for High Performance Supercapacitors
(2018-08)Supercapacitors, or electrochemical double layer capacitors, are energy storage devices that store energy electrostatically at the electrode-electrolyte interface. Supercapacitors exhibit higher power density and lower ... -
Wind Farm Modeling: From the Meso-Scale to the Micro-Scale
(2018-08)This dissertation is focused on numerical modeling of wind turbines. An initial set of simulations is performed to assess the effect of the tower and nacelle on the wake of a wind turbine. The wind turbine is modeled ... -
Wireless Devices for Peripheral Nerve Stimulation and Recording
(2018-12)Treatment of neurological disorders by neuromodulation has expanded the market for peripheral nerve stimulators and recording devices. While wireless powering can extend the life of these devices, the development risks ... -
Wounding Sensibilities: Holocaust Memoirs through the Screen of Adaptation
(2019-12)This dissertation looks at what is gained and what is lost, especially on an ethical level, when literary memoirs about the Holocaust are adapted into films. It asserts that the key features of Holocaust memoirs inevitably ... -
X-band GaN MMIC inverse-F PA optimized for load modulation
(2016-12)This thesis details the design and layout of a X-Band Inverse Class F power amplifier designed for active load modulation in an RF-input / RF-output outphasing system. The amplifier is designed to maximize efficiency given ... -
X-ray Fluorescence and Total Organic Carbon Analysis of Delaware Basin Ordovician Age Sediments in the Ellenburger and Simpson Groups of West Texas
(2016-12)Ordovician age hydrocarbons have been drilled in the Permian Basin of West Texas since the early 1940s and have produced over a billion barrels of oil with additional natural gas. The source rock for these previously drilled ... -
Zanesville & Western: A Creative Dissertation
(2017-05)This creative dissertation is comprised of a poetry collection titled Zanesville & Western and a scholarly apparatus that offers background for the creation of the poetry collection. The purpose of this creative dissertation ...